George Harrison on why he ‘couldn’t join a band’ with Paul McCartney after The Beatles split
Legendary guitarist George Harrison said he “couldn’t join a band” with Paul McCartney after The Beatles’ split.
Harrison would work with Fab Four bandmates John Lennon and Ringo Starr on various projects after The Beatles’ break-up, but he and McCartney would only work together once before revisiting unreleased material from the band. McCartney and his wife, Linda, provided backing vocals on All Those Years Ago, the fourth track of Harrison’s 1981 album, Somewhere in England. He and McCartney, joined by drummer Starr, would lay down new instrumentals for Free as a Bird and Real Love.
But Harrison maintained for years he could not join a band with McCartney again, and while it was “nothing personal”, the Something and All Things Must Pass songwriter said he was more inclined to work with Lennon. A press conference appearance from Harrison confirmed he “couldn’t join a band” with his former bandmate again.
He said: “Paul is a fine bass player, but he’s a bit overpowering at times. To tell the truth, I’d join a band with John Lennon any day, but I couldn’t join a band with Paul McCartney. It’s nothing personal; it’s just from a musical point of view.”
Source: cultfollowing.co.uk/Ewan Gleadow
